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Behaviour » Behaviour, exhortations concerning
does not behave unbecomingly, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, devises not evil,
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that you may prove the excellent, that you may be without fault and without offense in the day of Christ,
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For you know yourselves how you ought to follow us, for we walked not disorderly among you,
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It is necessary therefore that a bishop should be blameless, a husband of one wife, circumspect, sober, well-behaved, hospitable, apt to teach,
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that the aged women, in like manner, be of behavior becoming holiness, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of what is good,
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Christian conduct » Behaviour, exhortations concerning
does not behave unbecomingly, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, devises not evil,
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that you may prove the excellent, that you may be without fault and without offense in the day of Christ,
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For you know yourselves how you ought to follow us, for we walked not disorderly among you,
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It is necessary therefore that a bishop should be blameless, a husband of one wife, circumspect, sober, well-behaved, hospitable, apt to teach,
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that the aged women, in like manner, be of behavior becoming holiness, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of what is good,
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Christian conduct » Harmlessness
that you may be blameless and sincere, children of God without blame in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as luminaries in the world,
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Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; be therefore wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
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that you may prove the excellent, that you may be without fault and without offense in the day of Christ,
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For your obedience has come to all; I rejoice in you therefore, but I wish you to be wise for that which is good, and simple for evil.
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For such a chief priest also was suitable for us, holy, harmless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens,
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Grace of God » Growth in
having this same confidence, that he who has begun a good work in you will carry it on till the day of Jesus Christ,
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desiring exceedingly, night and day, to see your face, and to perfect what is lacking of your faith?
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and not holding the head, from which all the body being supplied and compacted by means of joints and tendons grows with an increase of God.
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but grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever.
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We ought to thank God always for you, brothers, as is fit, because your faith increases greatly, and the love of every one of you all one for another abounds,
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And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all understanding, that you may prove the excellent, that you may be without fault and without offense in the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness, through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Not that I have already obtained it, or have been already made perfect; but I follow on that I may attain that for which also I was arrested by Christ. I consider not myself, brothers, to have attained it; but this one thing I do; forgetting the things behind, and reaching forward to those before, I press forward to the mark for the prize of the high call of God in Christ Jesus. read more.
Let us, as many as are perfect therefore, be of this mind; and if any one thinks at all otherwise, God shall also reveal this to you;
Let us, as many as are perfect therefore, be of this mind; and if any one thinks at all otherwise, God shall also reveal this to you;
that you may walk worthily of the Lord in all that is pleasing [to him], being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious power, for all patience and long suffering with joy;
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and the Lord cause you to be full and abound with love one to another and to all men, as we also to you, to confirm your hearts without blame in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
Wherefore leaving the account of the beginning of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of a change of mind from dead works, and of faith in God, of baptisms taught, and the imposition of hands, and of the resurrection of the dead, and of the eternal judgment. And this we will do if God permits.
Laying aside therefore all malice and all deceit and hypocrisies and envies and all evil speakings, as new born babes desire earnestly the pure milk of the word, that you may grow by it to salvation, if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.
Offence » Saints should » Be without
that you may prove the excellent, that you may be without fault and without offense in the day of Christ,
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Religion » Examples of piety » Sincerity a mark of
that you may prove the excellent, that you may be without fault and without offense in the day of Christ,
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Let us therefore keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with a leaven of vice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
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For this is our rejoicing; the testimony of our conscience that in purity and godly sincerity, not with a carnal wisdom, but with a divine grace, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and most abundantly towards you.
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For we are not as many, who adulterate the word of God, [for gain]; but as of sincerity, but as of God, we speak before God in Christ.
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presenting yourself as an example of good works in all things, in teaching [exhibiting] integrity, gravity,
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My little children, let us not love in word nor tongue, but in work and truth.
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Sincerity » Pray for, on behalf of others
that you may prove the excellent, that you may be without fault and without offense in the day of Christ,
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Sincerity » Prayer for, on behalf of others
that you may prove the excellent, that you may be without fault and without offense in the day of Christ,
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Tact » Paul » In turning the preaching of his adversaries to advantage
that you may prove the excellent, that you may be without fault and without offense in the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness, through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. But I wish you to know, brothers, that the things as to me have resulted in the advancement of the gospel, read more.
so that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the Praetorium and in all other places, and many of the brothers having been made confident by my bonds in the Lord have more abundant courage to speak the word without fear. For some indeed preach Christ because of envy and strife, and some also because of good will; [\ul Note: The text of verse comes after the text of verse in Sawyer]those from love, knowing that I am set for the defense of the gospel, but those from contention preach Christ not sincerely, thinking to raise up affliction for my bonds. What then? nevertheless, in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is preached, and in this I rejoice. But I also will rejoice; for I know that this will result in salvation to me, through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, according to my expectation and hope that I shall be ashamed in nothing, but with all boldness as always also now Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death. Because for me to live is Christ and to die is gain. But if to live in the flesh [is allowed me], I have this fruit of my work, and which I shall choose I know not.
so that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the Praetorium and in all other places, and many of the brothers having been made confident by my bonds in the Lord have more abundant courage to speak the word without fear. For some indeed preach Christ because of envy and strife, and some also because of good will; [\ul Note: The text of verse comes after the text of verse in Sawyer]those from love, knowing that I am set for the defense of the gospel, but those from contention preach Christ not sincerely, thinking to raise up affliction for my bonds. What then? nevertheless, in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is preached, and in this I rejoice. But I also will rejoice; for I know that this will result in salvation to me, through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, according to my expectation and hope that I shall be ashamed in nothing, but with all boldness as always also now Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death. Because for me to live is Christ and to die is gain. But if to live in the flesh [is allowed me], I have this fruit of my work, and which I shall choose I know not.
True religion » Examples of piety » Sincerity a mark of
that you may prove the excellent, that you may be without fault and without offense in the day of Christ,
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Let us therefore keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with a leaven of vice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
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For this is our rejoicing; the testimony of our conscience that in purity and godly sincerity, not with a carnal wisdom, but with a divine grace, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and most abundantly towards you.
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For we are not as many, who adulterate the word of God, [for gain]; but as of sincerity, but as of God, we speak before God in Christ.
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presenting yourself as an example of good works in all things, in teaching [exhibiting] integrity, gravity,
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My little children, let us not love in word nor tongue, but in work and truth.
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